You decide to go deliver the document. Being stuck inside that building all day was probably the worst part of your job and anything that you could use as an excuse to escape it and still keep your job was fine in your book.

You didn't need to be told twice. You grabbed the document and ran out the door.

The city streets were busy outside. It was a dull and rainy morning with dark yet soft storm clouds shifting in the grey sky.

There was the usual endless line of assorted persons waiting for their chance to deliver something, schedule a meeting, or be disappointed that they couldn't just randomly have a meeting on the spot without scheduling one first (you figured they had Lavinia to thank for that last bit).

You sighed. Walking around this line was going to be a pain in the neck. You knew that cutting through it was a bad idea since some of the people waiting in it were unmistakably from the less friendly guilds like the Gruul or Rakdos. You would have to find the back of it to walk around if you didn't want to get your arm broken or worse.

You kept walking for what seemed like an hour, circling around to find a way to get through. You eventually found what you had been looking for at long last: the end of the line to get into the building you had come out of. You ran for it, not waiting for the thing to get any further back than it already was.

Unfortunately, you were so focused on running quickly that you didn't notice a person walking your way and you crashed into them with a significant amount of impact. It was enough to knock not just the passerby, but you over as well.

You muttered a few vulgarities and slowly got back up to your feet. The stranger you knocked over proceeded to cuss loudly and almost endlessly.

You sighed and reached our a hand to help the unlucky guy up. He was a man with dark hair with one streak of white going through it and he was wearing the tell tale blue and red garb of the Izzet. The gauntlet he was wearing also added to the Izzet look. He had slight stubble on his face and you thought that his overall appearance was rugged and overworked, but definitely handsome.

"Shit, sorry about that. I was trying to get the hell away from this line before it got any longer."

The man seemed slightly annoyed.

"Some people would actually like to get INTO this line. I have very important business and I can't be held up by some stranger who can't see their own feet in front of them."

You gave him a look.

"You actually think you can get to the front of this thing in a day?"

"Of course I can. And I'll shorten it if I have to." You saw him put a hand to his gauntlet.

"So you made an appointment?"

You saw him quirk an eyebrow at you. "Appointment?"

A smile grew on your face slowly before you burst out laughing.

"Wow, you really didn't know did you? Even if you do somehow get to the front of this line they won't even let you in unless you make an appointment. You'll have to come back because they never schedule those things on the day you ask for them."

More cussing.

"And you just HAPPENED to know all of this when I wasn't told!"

You shook your head.

"Actually I know because I WORK there. I only left because they gave me an easy and boring errand to run, but I'm glad I actually get to go outside of the building at all. That place is like a maze."

"If I help you with this...errand will you let me in one of the back ways? I'm sure Beleren made a few."

You shrug. "Sure. Just don't try to blow up the building or anything because then I'll get fired."

He chuckled a bit but there was a slight dark tone to it. "If I did that we would both e out of a job even if it is tempting."

You walked with the man and talked with him as you went. His name was apparently Ral Zarek and as you had suspected, he was an Izzet guildmage. He seemed to know the guildpact on a name basis, but he also seemed bitter when he was brought up. His humor was snarky and he seemed to have a slight temper, but he seemed to at least think of you as acceptable company from what you could tell. He seemed to be looked at you and being engaged.

You told him where you were supposed to deliver the document and he seemed to luckily know where the place was, hitch was good because you might have gotten lost if he hadn't. You didn't exactly hang around the places where these documents were delivered very often.

Eventually, you got to the place where you were supposed to be. You started fumbling around the entrance, looking for a slot that was supposed to be there.

You heard Ral chuckle lightly as he came up behind you, snatched the document out of your hand, and slid it into a slot that was literally right next to you.

"You know, you really are cute when you're confused. Did you know that?"

You found yourself blushing at both his comment and the embarrassment from missing something that was right next to you.

"I could have found that on my own!"

"Of course you could have. It just happened to take five minutes to even get close to it."

You rolled your eyes. "Let's just get back so that you can actually get into the building."

"I really did mean that you know."

"Well you're...not bad yourself! Now let's go!"

You could tell he was smirking as the two of you walked away without even having to look at his face. Damn it, why did you have to blurt that out?!

You both got back to your workplace and you led him in a back door that most of the staff knew about.

"Now you're absolutely SURE you won't blow things up or electrocute anyone with that gauntlet?"

"I give you my word."

"Fine. But I want you to come back here when I'm done to make sure you didn't."

He suddenly stepped forward and quickly gave you a small kiss on your lips. It only lasted for a few seconds, but you found yourself very flustered very quickly. He was telling the truth before and thinking you were cute.

"I was already planning on it."

Something told you you would be seeing a lot more of the Izzet guildmage. Outside of work.